Enjoy life.

Get Moving.

Try some Slackline

Try some slacklining to increase your balance and proprioceptive skills. Also a great way to have fun in the nature and to relax your mind on something else. You can check out these posts to inspire you...

Get inspired to...Slackline!

Dirtbag Darling I Love: Slackline Girl Dominique Harrison

Happiness is...

Happiness is...

...something we all desperately strive for each day. Although we often search for it the wrong places. If we get that "job" I will be happy, if that person likes me I will be much happier, if I could just go on a major shopping spree I would be very happy, If i lived in a big beautiful house I would be happy. Yes these things can make you happy for sure, I'm not denying that. But what happens if those things are taken away from us in an instant, would our happiness disappear as well. 

If you rely on these things as your main source of happiness, it will block you from living a lasting inner peace. 

So where should we find true happiness... 

Start by focussing on you! The thoughts you choose to think and the way you chose to see your life. Focus on the things you love, think positive, be optimistic, and appreciate every moment, then happiness will just naturally surround you and your life. Negativity comes between you and your happiness. It's like a wall that separates you from living life, unless you think otherwise.

Create happiness by...

Being Positive: Being responsible for how you respond to situations. When a problem arises you can choose to think positively or negatively. Choose positive responses, love over fear, peace over strength and forgiveness over resentment.

Be aware of your thoughts: If you feel low, it could well be that you have been thinking low thoughts throughout the day. Feel what you are thinking and block out what's causing the negative thoughts to enter.

Eat well: Nourish your body and it will nourish your mind which will give you a happy mind. Choose what you eat wisely.

Move your body: Exercise is not overrated! Exercise itself has happy pills ...so why wouldn't you exercise. Do an exercise that you enjoy. Walk on the beach, practise yoga, join a basketball team, surf. By finding something you love will motivate you to do this more often.

Do things that make you happy: The more you do things that make you happy the happier you will be.

Be happy.

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dl

Healthy Eating

Great food ideas from The Sprouted Kitchen. Check out this post from the Shop Planet Blue blog here.

Herbal Tea

On this cold Autumn-like day there's nothing like being inside cosy warm, sipping on a yummy hot herbal tea. But besides this, herbal tea has many health benefits. 

From soothing tummy pains, to helping insomnia, to improving concentration, herbal teas have all sorts of healing elements.

On a side note herbal tea is infact not actually made of tea at all, rather an infusion of leaves, seeds, roots or bark in which is extracted in hot water.

Choosing the right tea for your health benefit:
(of course this list is quite limited)

Peppermint Tea: relieves the symptoms of abdominal gas and bloating and relieves muscle spasms.

Ginger Tea: great digestive aid, can be used to curb nausea, vomiting or an upset stomach.

Roibos tea: high in Vitamin C and has also been know for its antioxidant properties.

Lemon Balin tea: helpful for lifting the spirits and can help improve concentration.

Rosehip tea: high in Vitamin C, which is important for the immune system, skin & tissue health and adrenal function.

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dl 

Apply Habit to your life.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. -Jim Rohn

Morning Yoga

New Day

Grateful

Increase in gratitude = Increase in confidence = Increase in motivation

One of the primary motivation killers is having a lack of confidence. Focussing on what you want rather than being grateful for what you already have creates illusions of why you aren't getting what you want and ultimately lose confidence in who you are.

Try putting your focus on gratitude. Being grateful for what you have, your successes, your strengths, things that make you happy. Being grateful will help boost confidence and will then motivate you to build on your successes.

Ask yourself, what are you grateful for today?

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dl

(source: Pick the brain, 2007)

Testing the Nike Free Run 3+

Last night I went running in my new shoes, Nike Free Run 3+ for the first time. Now I have to admit that I'm used of wearing my Asics Nimbus, which I haven't changed shoe brand for around 7 years, so at first these new flashy shoes were a bit weird to get used to. They do have much less support then the Nimbus, I don't feel as safe in them but in terms of comfort and weight, they are fantastic. So motivating to tackle a run in such feather light shoes. I wouldn't recommend doing long runs on the bitumen, but off road they are great. I will see in the next couple weeks how they turn out. But for now having flashy, funky shoes that are very light in weight is a huge motivator! So I will just enjoy the fact that I'm getting back into running.

So if you're looking for a motivator to get back into running (providing you are in good shape and you haven't had any serious injuries) then maybe some bright feather-weight Nikes will be that difference. 

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dl

Lovin' these training leggings

Yoga on another level

Love

I heart weekends.

Benefits of Paddle Boarding

10 Benefits from Paddle Boarding:

• Improves balance
• Improves coordination
• Increases confidence & achievement
• Excellent cross-training tool for athletes
• Tones & strengthens core muscles
• Great target for working the arms, abs & thighs all at once
• Low impact, full body cardiovascular workout
• Refreshes the mind
• Water therapy
• And it looks like a whole lot of FUN!!!

...this is definately a sport that I will be taking up shortly. Paddle lessons are on the top of the to do list.

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dl

Tie Dye Movement

Tie Dye Movement by damarislucy featuring tye dye shirts

Mission 1. Perform a handstand

Sport has always come naturally for me. I have always been able to pick up a sport and play pretty successfully. But I have never been able to do a handstand and stay there. My husband is a talent when it comes to this. So I have told him that he has until the end of the year to teach me to stand. My mission to handstand long enough for him to take a creative photo of me ...like this one from Free People. 

Bring it on.

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dl

Inspire

Workout Tracker by Free People

This idea from Free People blog is such a great idea. I'm going to think more creative ways to stay motiviated to train. Keep you posted. But for now check out this DIY post on the Free People blog here.